Definition of Osedax. Meaning of Osedax. Synonyms of Osedax

- Osedax is a genus of deep-sea siboglinid polychaetes, commonly called boneworms, zombie worms, or bone-eating worms. Osedax is Latin for "bone-eater"...
- Osedax mucofloris is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales. Translated from the mixed Gr****...
- Osedax frankpressi is a species of bathypelagic polychaete worm that lives on the seabed and sustains itself on the bones of dead whales. It can be found...
- radiation on whale falls, and the genus Osedax, which are specialists that burrow into bones. Members of Osedax can be found on whale falls across the...
- Siboglinidae. The clades are Vestimentifera, Sclerolinum, Frenulata, and Osedax. Vestimentiferans live in vent and seep habitats. Separation of vestimentiferans...
- Osedax ****onicus is a species of bathypelagic polychaete tube worm that lives at great depths on the seabed and is able to sustain itself on the bones...
- Osedax roseus is a species of bathypelagic polychaete worm that lives at abyssal depths and is able to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales. The...
- Osedax rubiplumus is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales. Their paedomorphic males are...
- Osedax priapus is a species of bathypelagic annelid polychaete worms that consume the nutrients inside the bones of dead whales or other vertebrates. Unlike...
- off the Galápagos Islands. Marine deep sea polychaetes under the genus Osedax will colonize at whale falls in many different oceans, using a symbiont...